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IAMCR Conference at Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011
1. Communication Policy & Technology Section
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Communication Policy and Technology (CP&T) Section invites submissions for its open
sessions at the IAMCR 2011 conference to be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from July 13-17. The
IAMCR conference theme for 2011 is ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity.’
In the network society the media and telecommunication landscape of one-way
broadcasting and two-way personal communication is transforming into a digitized,
converged and interactive ecosystem, based on internet technologies and applications. This
transformation has also driven the development of horizontal networks of interactive
communication that connect local and global in chosen time. Castells labels this new form of
socialized communication as ‘mass self-communication’, and sees it as a potential new
medium for power and counter-power.
These changes in communication technologies co-evolve with fundamental transformations
in cities and urban agglomerations, linked to globalisation and network infrastructures. In his
theory of urbanism Castells characterises these transformation of cities in the network
society on three bipolar axes. First - functionally speaking - the network society is organised
around the opposition between the global and the local. Cities as communication systems
are supposed to connect both. However, as these logics are conflicting, they disrupt cities
from within when they attempt to respond to both, simultaneously. Second - in terms of
meaning - our society is characterised by the opposing development of individuation and
communalism. Because cities are big aggregates of individuals, forced to coexist, and
communes are located in the metropolitan space, the divide between personality and
communality brings intensified stress upon the social system of cities as communicative and
institutionalising devices. Third - in terms of spatial form - the urbanised world is also caught
up in a complex interplay between the ‘space of flows’ (i.e. hybrid space of separate
geographical territories being linkup electronically in an interactive network) and the ‘space
of places’ (i.e. physical space within the confines of geographical locality organizing
experience and activity in everyday life). Hence urban environments do not disappear into
the virtual networks, but are transformed in the interface between electronic
communication and physical interaction.
The Call for Proposals by the IAMCR Communication Policy & Technology section takes this
co-evolutionist perspective between cities and ICT as an entry point and metaphor for
investigating and understanding the mutual shaping between society and communication
technology. We invite papers that discuss policy concerns, regulatory developments, user
practices, market trends and business strategies related to this kind of socio-technological
co-evolution, framed within the overall conference theme of ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity.’
In addition to themes related to ICT and cities, we also invite papers and proposals for
panels that address the following overall themes in relation to information and
communication technologies and applications, from the perspective of policy,
users/audiences and industry.
Themes
1 . Privacy, surveillance and vulnerability
Mass self-communication and other forms of interaction via social media, mobile
communication, internet-of-things technologies can give more autonomy to media users. At
the same time the resulting amplified self-directed control over time, place and content of
communication and interaction with many more people increases the chance of negative
(but also positive) consequences and implies more responsibilities. This means that the
vulnerability of people engaging in mass self-communication changes and possibly increases.
This notion of ‘vulnerability’ refers to issues like privacy, surveillance, trust and security.
2 . Creativity, innovation and users
Nowadays users are supposed to be in the driver’s seat of creative destruction - based on
disruptive technologies - and of the co-creation of new media, content and technology. The
lowering of thresholds for multi media content production, distribution, storage, retrieval
and consumption is seen as an enabler for empowerment, especially in relation to do-it-
yourself media and related craftsmanship. Various terms and concepts are used to classify
the users depending on their involvement in technology innovation and content production
(e.g. Nielsen 1-9-90 rule, produsers, lead users, pro-ams, co-creators, citizen journalists and
warm experts). We invite papers that reflect upon, re-conceptualise and question current
dominant visions and categorisations of users as innovators in the changing ICT landscape.
3 . Connectivity, inclusion and media literacies
Connectivity deals with access (for instance, urban versus rural), but also with use and
domestication. In the changing media environment of mass self-communication, new
affordances of communication tools require a rethinking of digital exclusion-inclusion. The
latter links in with the notion of digital literacy and skills, with different levels of capabilities,
and with the way inclusion is (not) scripted into media technologies from a social shaping
perspective. Finally we also invite papers that discuss connectivity in relation to different
types of online and offline communities, in particular discussing the role of virtual social
worlds and social network sites in human relations.
4 . Copyright, -left and -riot
Digitalisation reverting cultural products to the immaterial and the internet facilitating total
automation whereby digital products can be copied infinitely and distributed on a global
scale are challenging the prevalent property regime in terms of cultural production
fundamentally. Lobby organisations of the copyright industry are increasingly aggressive in
their attempts to coerce users and fans back into the commodity exchange model and away
from the prevalent gift economies online. Governments are being pressured into adopting
legislation penalising copyright infringers and making ISPs liable for what occurs on their
networks. Another strategy consists in collapsing piracy with filesharing and propagating a
discourse that peer2peer networks and filesharing is per definition criminal and illegal. We
invite papers that focus on discourses of copyright industries, innovative strategies of
content producers, creative commons, audience research relating to downloading of digital
copyright protected content, the consequences of state intervention for (online) privacy, or
any other topic relating to the context set-out above.
Submission information
The CP&T section welcomes proposals for papers bearing on aforementioned and related
issues by submitting an abstract (300 - 500 words). Abstracts should state the title as well as
the methods or approaches used and introduce the empirical and theoretical material on
which the paper is based. Besides the abstract title and text, each abstract must include title,
author name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of (all) author(s.)
The scholarly presentations of accepted submissions can take place in different types of
sessions: Paper presentation sessions (i.e. 4-5 presenters with each around 12-15 minutes,
requiring full paper submitted in time), High intensity sessions (i.e. 6-8 presenters with each
around 5-7 minutes) or Poster sessions (i.e. presenting work individually through a poster.)
Proposals for panels are also welcome. The proposal should have no more than five papers
and needs to contain a framing text and the abstracts of all the papers. The framing text
(max. 500 words excl. bio) contains the idea and goal of the full panel, how it fits in the CP&T
section CfP, a listing of all paper titles with authors, and adding short bio-data of each
individual author. It would also be recommended to suggest a panel chair and a discussant.
The proposal framing text and the individual abstracts will be reviewed and based on this
review we will accept, accept with revisions or decline the panel.
IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that
abstracts and panel proposals, if at all possible, be submitted in English. By rule, IAMCR does
not permit submission of identical abstracts to more than one section/working group, and
this policy is strictly enforced.
Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and (once accepted) full papers can only be done
online through IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS) using the link to be found on the
official Istanbul conference website. For more on the submission, registration, theme,
location, etc., please go to <http://iamcr2011istanbul.com> or visit IAMCR at
<http://iamcr.org.<
The deadlines are as follows:
- February 8, 2011: Submission of abstracts (papers and panel proposals will be assessed by
double blind review)
- March 25, 2011: Announcement of acceptances
- June 3, 2011: Full papers due (max. 7500 words), in order to ensure that authors’ names
and papers’ titles are included in final conference program. There is no second round of
reviewing for acceptance.
If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must also be registered for conference participation,
in order to be included in the final program of the Section. A CP&T best paper award will be
granted to one of the presenters, based on the full papers submitted in time.
Additional questions on the CP&T sessions at the IAMCR 2011 conference (e.g. on panels)
may be addressed to Bart Cammaerts (B.Cammaerts[AT]lse.ac.uk) and Jo Pierson
(jo.pierson[AT]vub.ac.be.)
Section Chair: Jo Pierson / Vice-Chairs: Bart Cammaerts and Maria Michalis
2. IAMCR Working Group on Global Media Policy
Call for papers
The Working Group on Global Media Policy is a dedicated space within the International
Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to discuss global aspects of
communication governance and investigate the interplay between different policy actors
and levels, from the local to the global, and the political processes that shape media policies.
It serves as a forum of debate on these questions at annual IAMCR conferences, and it has
created the project Mapping Global Media Policy (http://www.globalmediapolicy.net/) to
advance research in specific policy domains and to map out Global Media Policy as a field of
research.
The upcoming IAMCR conference - Istanbul 2011 - focuses on the nexus among 'Cities,
Creativity, Connectivity'. Questions of connectivity across and beyond physical localities, and
globalized networks and initiatives that support creative forms of political participation, are
at the core of the Working Group's interests. The outcome of such transformations and
encounters, and their impact on peoples' communication capacities depends on the roles
played by many actors, both governmental and nongovernmental; it depends on politically
oriented actors, their interests, political capacity and, ultimately, on their power.
Research in global media policy and communication governance addresses the challenges of
creativity and connectivity by investigating the many venues and processes where basic
principles - such as access, freedom, diversity, participation, competition, innovation - are
translated into public debates, norms and formal provisions. It outlines opposing views,
competing interests and controversial outcomes.
In order to shed light on evolving discourses, controversial issues and current trends in
governing arrangements that pertain specifically to enhancing the creative potential of
global communications and to fostering global connectedness among individuals and
communities, the Working Group on Global Media Policy invites proposals that contribute
to:
- updating the conceptual machinery (core concepts, categories, terminology) through
which we investigate the governance of global communications;
- outlining emerging theoretical and methodological approaches, in particular
multidimensional and trans-disciplinary perspectives and frameworks;
- mapping specific policy areas, themes or processes, by considering relevant actors, debates
and outcomes of the specific area.
Due to its functioning as an active space for discussion, the Working Group has limited space
for paper presentations. We encourage you to consider carefully if your proposal focuses on
the key aspects outlined in this call. Otherwise you may want to consider submitting to other
sections that deal with policy issues.
Abstract Submission
Applicants are invited to submit a 400 word abstract that describes the topic of their paper
and how it relates to the key questions outlined in this call, including the theoretical
framework and research methods adopted.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is February 8, 2011. Please use IAMCR's Open
Conference System (OCS) to submit your abstract (http://iamcr-
ocs.org/index.php/2011/2011.)
The results of peer reviews of submitted abstracts will be announced by March 25, 2011. Full
papers must be submitted online via the IAMCR-OCS by June 3, 2011.
For further information, please visit the Istanbul 2011 conference website.
--Alvaro Mailhos
IAMCR Membership & Website Administrator
www.iamcr.org
3. EMERGING SCHOLARS NETWORK SECTION CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2011
International Congress of the IAMCR to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from
July 13 to 17 2011. This year’s theme is “Cities, Creativity, Connectivity.”
We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as
well as papers addressing the concrete conference theme.
The ESN is a section dedicated to the work and careers of emerging scholars
in the field of media and communication. Hence, we especially look for works
in progress from graduate students and new university instructors/professors
who are interested in substantial feedback and comments intended to advance
their projects.
The ESN organizes emerging scholar panels and joint panels with other
sections. Our emerging scholar panels provide a comfortable environment for
the presentation of theses and works in progress, where emerging scholars
can receive feedback from colleagues also at the beginning of their careers
and from senior scholars who act as respondents to individual papers. The
joint panels with other sections allow for the exchange of ideas with senior
scholars in the field and networking.
In line with the purpose of our section, the ESN also organizes panels about
issues affecting emerging scholars:
-Publishing research results;
-Mentoring and the Student-mentor relationship;
-Academic work and academic jobs;
-Neoliberalism in the academy;
-Language barriers in academia.
Scholars who wish to organize or contribute to an issue-related panel are
welcome to contact Michael Dick at michael.dick[at]gmail.com.
*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
- Submissions are due February 8, 2011. Please note that this deadline will
not be extended. Panelists will be announced March 25, 2011. Full papers are
due June 03, 2011.
- Individual abstracts may only be submitted to a SINGLE section. Please do
not submit the same abstract to two or more different sections of IAMCR.
- Abstracts should be submitted on the Conference website:
http://iamcr2011istanbul.com. The OCS system will be available from December
01 ,2010.
- Questions may be addressed to the section co-chairs, Stefania Milan
stefania.milan[at]eui.eu and Sara Bannerman at Sara.Bannerman[at]gmail.com.
- Submissions must include author name(s), affiliation, address, e-mail
address, and paper title.
- If you are submitting a work in progress, we welcome your submission!
Please state that it is a work in progress in your abstract.
- Abstracts should be 300-500 words.
Please also take a look at our suggestions on how to write an abstract:
http://iamcr.org/component/docman/doc_download/315-2010-esn-how-to-write-an-
abstract
*MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ABOUT THE ESN*
- Please take a look at our website (http://esn.colostate.edu;)
- Join the ESN Facebook group (
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44068562342;)
- Or subscribe to the ESN listserv (
http://iamcr.org/mailman/listinfo/esn_iamcr.org)
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Sara Bannerman, B.Mus., MA, PhD
SSHRC Postdoctoral fellow,
Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development, Office 2.36
Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet)
HC Coombs Extension #8
School of Regulation, Justice and Diplomacy (RJD)
College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Australia
+61 612 53686
4. Audience Section
CALL FOR PAPERS
(IAMCR Conference at Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011)
The Audience Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR to be held in
Istanbul (Turkey) 2011 from July 13-17. The conference theme for 2011 is “Cities, Creativity,
Connectivity.”
The Audience Section invites papers within this overall theme and which reflect the Section’s
interest in new approaches and thinking to audience research in the context of the urban,
the creative, and the network. The nature of audiences as ‘knowledge communities’ and
producers, ethnographic approaches to researching them and their embeddedness in
everyday life, and the extent to which traditional classifications of audiences (masses,
publics and markets) are being challenged by the fluidity and ephemeral nature of virtual
and mobile audiences are important concerns. The Section gives special attention to
reassessing the theories, methods and issues that inform practices of audience researchers.
The Section encourages and aims to inspire greater interest in exploring and understanding
audiences in diverse settings. The Section also encompasses investigations of the
appropriateness of ‘Western’ and ‘non-Western’ theories and methods in this diversity of
settings.
Themes:
In addition to the open call for papers, we would like to invite papers and proposals for
panels which address the following themes:
1 . Embedded audiences
The contextualisation of audiencehood in everyday life has opened up audience studies to
look at the audience as radically embedded, also in space. The strong emphasis on the
cultural turn has in some cases diverted our attention from an equally significant movement,
which has been labelled the spatial turn. Falkheimer and Jansson's core questions (in
Geographies of Communication: The Spatial Turn in Media Studies) touch upon the key
issues of this spatial turn for communication and media studies scholars: how does
communication produce space and how does space produce communication. The translation
to audience studies raises questions about the geography and spatiality of audiencehood:
How do audiences relate to private and public spaces, how does the local, cultural, national
(and the translocal, transcultural and transnational) relate to audiencehood, how are
audiences embedded and embodied in urban cultures, and how do audiences function in
online, networked, liminal and alternative spaces?
2 . Resistant audiences, critical audiences, networked audiences
Central to the audience research tradition has been a commitment to examining forms of
resistance and opposition exhibited by audiences. Much of the seminal work of audience
studies was forged in a time of economic crisis through the 1970s and 1980s when forms of
audience resistance revealed deep-seated social tensions and a charged political
environment. Are similar patterns evident in the current global economic crisis? The locus of
resistance has shifted from the ideal-interpretative to the material-productive. How does
this affect the nature of resistance? How do audiences network and join forces in alternative
interpretative communities? How is the resistant and critical audience manifest across
today’s more complex media landscape? How do media organizations and professionals deal
with the resistant and critical audiences? And how is resistance, at the level of the ideal-
interpretative and the material-productive incorporated and transformed into compliance?
We invite papers that look across the full spectrum of audience experience and examine
diverse accounts of readings, modes of engagement and mediation of audience relationships
with the wider society.
3 . Decentralizing the audience
Audience studies have often implicitly centralized mediated experiences while at the same
time contextualizing, qualifying and decentralizing the role of media in people’s everyday
lives. This tension has lead to an over-emphasis on audience activity, both at the level of
media consumption and media (self-)production, while more passive and indifferent media
uses and referential interpretations are under-theorized and under-researched. We invite
papers that focus on the everyday passiveness of (some) media audiences and their
acceptance of or indifference to the media frameworks that are offered to them. Moreover,
we also call for papers that theorize or research the sometimes limited importance
attributed to media in the everyday life of audience members.
4 . Children as audiences
Children and young people represent are a hugely important constituency for today’s media
and are frequently seen to be in the vanguard of new audience trends and emerging
practices of consumption and engagement. As a distinct audience grouping, children are the
focus of special public policy provisions including codes regarding media content,
professional guidelines regarding children as subjects and participants in the media, and a
host of initiatives designed to foster citizenship and creativity through media literacy.
Empirical work on children as audiences remains scarce however and in this stream we
invite papers that explore audience experience from the child’s perspective, and that
examine opportunities, risks, and challenges faced by children in the current media
environment. Questions might include the extent to which media literacies are evident in
children’s audience practices or how agency supported or strengthened through civil
society, educational or governmental action?
Proposals for papers under any of the above can be made by submitting an abstract of
between 300-500 words long through the Conference website. Each abstract must include
title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s). Proposals for
panels, containing details of each paper, are also welcome. IAMCR accepts presentations in
English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that abstracts, if at all possible, be
submitted in English.
For more on the submission of abstracts, registration, theme, location, etc., please go to
http://iamcr2011istanbul.com or visit IAMCR at: http://iamcr.org/
The deadlines are as follows:
February 8, 2011: Submission of abstracts (papers will be assessed by double blind review of
abstracts.)
March 25, 2011: announcement of acceptances.
June 3, 2011: Full papers due.
For enquiries or further information, please contact:
*Section Head : Nico Carpentier
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels – Belgium
*Deputy Head: Brian O’Neill
School of Media
Dublin Institute of Technology
Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
*Deputy Head: Toshie Takahashi
Department of Communication and Media Studies
Rikkyo University
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan 171-8501
Nico Carpentier (Phd)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.56
F: ++ 32 (0)2-629.36.84
Office: 5B.401a
European Communication Research and Education Association
Web: http://www.ecrea.eu
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E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
5. Gender and Communication Section
Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011
The Gender and Communication Section of the International Association for Media and
Communication Research announces its call for papers for the IAMCR Congress in Istanbul,
Turkey, July 13-17, 2011.
The Gender and Communication Section seeks research which balances theory and practice,
and explores the relationship between gender, media and communication in its panoply. In
recent years sessions have covered topics such as advertising, audiences, the body,
consumption, development, discrimination, elections, film, GMMP, HIV/AIDS, human rights,
the Internet, journalism, magazines, media production, new media, pop culture, queer
theory, reception, representation, television, and violence. In keeping with our philosophy
of inclusivity, we welcome contributions without regard to empirical, theoretical,
disciplinary or philosophical perspective.
Although we welcome submissions on any topic involving gender, media and
communication, this year we wish to encourage papers and panel proposals that examine
connections to the conference theme (cities, creativity, connectivity). In addition, and, in
keeping with our section’s tradition of exploring points of intersect between gender, media
and communication and other areas of substantive interest within IAMCR, this year we wish
to convene a joint panel with the Political Economy Section on the theme of "Patriarchy,
Capitalism and Media".
The aim of this joint session is to encourage contributions that might illuminate how
patriarchy and capitalism, in connection with media industries, serve as an impediment to
the advancement of women. Central concepts for this session would include gender, capital
and class. These critical conceptual spheres would be articulated with the highly complex
processes of media production, consumption and representation. Those who would like to
submit a proposal for this joint session, please contact either of the following session
coordinators:
_For the Political Economy Section_
Chair: Helena Sousa ([email protected]
<http://mx.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected])<
University of Minho, Portugal
_For the Gender and Communication_
Co-Chair: Aimée Vega Montiel ([email protected]
<http://mx.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected])<
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Irrespective of topic, we encourage the submission of complete panel proposals (although
individual papers will be considered). By rule, IAMCR does not permit submission of identical
abstracts to more than one section—and this policy is strictly enforced. Abstracts should be
between 250 and 500 words, and bibliographies and author profiles are not required.
However, please include: the name(s) of author(s); professional title(s) (i.e. professor,
postdoctoral fellow, independent researcher, graduate student, student, etc.); institutional
affiliation; research question; summary of main findings; discussion of methods used; and e-
mail/contact information. Section review procedures are explained on the section website:
http://www.intcul.tohoku.ac.jp/~holden/iamcr/Gender_index.html
<http://www.intcul.tohoku.ac.jp/%7Eholden/iamcr/Gender_index.html<
The deadline for abstract submissions is February 8, 2011; announcement of acceptance will
be March 25th; full papers are due by June 3, 2011. Abstracts and full papers should be
submitted via the conference website, NOT to the section coordinators. Please note that
IAMCR accepts abstracts and supports presentations in English, French and Spanish.
Questions about submissions or consultations regarding possible panels should be directed
to Todd Holden ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>), Section Co-
Chair, Aimée Vega <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>,
Section Co-Chair or Kaitlynn Mendes <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>, Section Vice-Chair.
6. Islam and Media Working Group: Call for Papers
IAMCR Conference 2011 - Istanbul, Turkey
July 13-17, 2011
Conference Theme: Cities, Creativity, Connectivity
Islam and Media Working Group invites submissions for its sessions at the 2011 IAMCR
Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17 2011. The papers should be within the framework
of the general theme with emerging trends in journalism and media studies in the Muslim
world .
Islam presents itself as a way for the digital age, for connectivity, creativity and dialogue. It
would be useful to quote Ali Mazrui’s analysis who wrote recently that Prophet Muhammad
moved from Mecca to Jerusalem in a single night in the Age of travel by camel; he moved
from earth to heavens during the same night ascending from Jerusalem; and while in the
heavens, the present age communicated with the ages of the past, for Muhammad was able
to talk to Jesus, Moses and all the way back to Adam during the same night. The Prophet
was back in Mecca before morning, breaking at least three barriers of cosmic experience: 1-
killing distance between Mecca and Jerusalem, 2- killing the distance between the earth and
the heavens, and 3- killing the distance between the past and the present. It is in this sense
that Islam prepared people for the age of the end of distance and the age of globalized
digital simultaneity.
With this globalized digital age, Muslims and Non- Muslims' ways to express cultures,
interact with others, create new ways of communication will be shaped by the outcome of a
struggle between two opposing ideas. The first is the so-called “Clash of Civilizations” in
which Muslims are invariably and mistakenly seen as the main opponents of the West. The
second idea is the “Dialogue of Civilizations,” through which cultural diversity and mutual
respect will enrich human civilization .
The conference provides a wonderful opportunity to tell the tale of the cities from Medina,
Jerusalem, Basra, Samarkand, Casablanca, Istanbul, Cairo, Cordoba, Delhi, Lahore and many
others, and their roles in creative inter and trans-cultural engagements and connecting the
advancing civilization that now extends from New York to Auckland and Montreal to Cape
Town .
Proposals are invited along the following themes of Islam and Media Working Group
sessions .
1. Islam, communication and dialogue among cultures
2. Islam. Digital age and creativity
3. Islam, modernity and citizenship
4. Islam, creativity and connectivity: A critical analysis
5. Image of Islam and Muslims in international media
6. Image of Non-Muslims in Islamic media
7. Social media, social networks and creativity among Muslim youth
8. Imbalance between rural and urban communication resources and cultural identity
9. The arts and cultures of the Islamic world: Specific case studies
10. The Muslim pioneers in advancing communication, culture, science, and civilization
11. The Medina treaty and its impact on creativity, continuity and connectivity
12. The emerging urban spheres in Muslim world: Opportunities and challenges
13. Europe and Islam: Role of media
14. Digitization, democracy and Islam
15. Social networks and the democratization
16. Cosmopolitanism in Muslim world
17. East, West, and Islam: Role of communication and information technologies
18. Islam, Communication, Rights and duties of citizens in the emerging global order
19. Creative contribution of Muslims minorities in different cities of the world in areas of
culture, and communication.
20. Muslim art and culture and transnational communication in the past and in the
present.
21. Muslim minorities in Non-Muslim states, freedom of expression and human rights
In addition to the open call for papers, we would like to invite papers and proposals for joint
panels with other sections and working groups.
Deadlines and Submission Details
The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 8, 2011. Each abstract must include
title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s). Submission of
abstracts and full papers is to be done online through the IAMCR's Open Conference System
(OCS) using the link to be found on the official Istanbul conference website.
<http://iamcr.org/home-and-news/665-2011-cfp<
http://iamcr.org/home-and-news/665-2011-cfp or http://iamcr2011istanbul.com/ The OCS
system will be available to receive abstract submissions from Wednesday December 1, 2010.
The results of peer reviews of submitted abstracts will be announced by March 25, 2011. Full
papers must be submitted online via the IAMCR-OCS by June 3, 2011.
Dr. Basyouni Hamada, Chair, Islam & Media Working Group
Professor of Mass Communication & Public Opinion
Vice Dean, Graduate Studies and Research
Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University, Egypt
Secretary General, Global Communication Research Association
Chairman, Communication Research Center (CRC )
www.crcegypt.com; <[email protected] <
Bushra H Rahman, Co-Chair, Islam and Media Working Group
University of the Punjab Pakistan
Fernando Resende, Vice –Co- Chair, Islam & Media Working Group
Universidade Fedral Fluminense. Brazil
7. MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC OPINION & SOCIETY
SECTION
CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference theme: “Cities, Creativity, Connectivity”
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society section invites submissions for its
open sessions at the IAMCR that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011. The
overall conference theme is: “Cities, Creativity, Connectivity”
The role of mediated communication for creativity and connectivity became a central issue in
the everyday life and is a central subject for research on its implication on private and public
issues. Public opinion and its interrelations with media are central to the empowerment of
citizens of the cities and to the enhancement of their quality of life. Our section will endorse
the general theme and encourage our members to submit research papers around these issues.
In addition, we wish to continue our well established tradition to promote the further
theoretical discussions on the contribution of prominent thinkers on the field of
communication research. In the last years we organized panels that discussed the contribution
of the works of Goffman, Habermas, Schutz, Bourdieu, Foucault, McLuhan and Walter
Benjamin with relation to media and communication. Following that tradition we would like
to organize for the Istanbul conference at least one session centred on the contribution of the
works of Roland Barthes to the theory and research in the field of communication.
Further, we would like to continue to offer space for the presentation and discussion of
theoretical and empirical papers about Family and Mediatization. Despite the social and
cultural changes it seems that the family is still the main place of media domestication and
media use, and it is the place where children learn to operate with media and start their
lifelong media career. The main question we would like to discuss is: how this takes place
today in the different cultures, different classes and with reference to the different possibilities
to deal with media.
Finally, we would like to announce our long standing interest in the discussion, development
and critical assessment of the methodologies we use and we need for communication research
and especially for international and cross cultural research projects, both quantitative and
qualitative.
Abstracts should be sent to the MCPOS Section Heads only through the Conference website.
They should be not more than 500 words long in English. Each abstract must include title,
name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s) and a short (up to 100
words) bio-data.
It is also possible to propose a full panel of no more than four participants, which should
come from at least three different countries. In this case we expect the four abstracts of the
participants and their short bio-data and in addition a framing text about the idea and the goal
of the full panel. It would also be recommended to present a panel chair and a respondent.
IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that
abstracts will be submitted in English.
Papers and panels proposals will be reviewed by the two heads of section and by further
specialists, named by the heads.
For more on the submission of abstracts, registration, theme, location, etc., please go to
http://iamcr.org/or visit IAMCR at: http://iamcr2011istanbul.com
deadlines are as follows:The
February 8, 2011: Submission of abstracts
March 25, 2011: announcement of acceptances
June 3, 2011: Full papers due
Some future information on the rules and practices of IAMCR on submission of papers and
panels.
You may not submit the same abstract or paper to more than one section or working group.
You may submit different papers to different sections or working groups or, as the case may
be, different papers to the same section.
If a proposal is accepted, the sender must fulfil two preconditions to be included in the final
program of the section. She or he must send a full paper until June 3, 2011, register for
participation at the Conference and mail a copy of the registration to the heads of section.
Non members of IAMCR are welcome to submit and present if accepted, following the same
procedure as described above.
All submission should follow the instructions and information to be found on the IAMCR
and conference websites: http://iamcr.org/ and http://iamcr2011istanbul.com
Questions for further information should be addressed to the section heads.
Looking forward to seeing you in Istanbul!
Hillel Nossek, (College of Management Academic Studies, Israel): [email protected]
Friedrich Krotz, (University of Bremen, Germany): [email protected]
8. Media and Sport Section
Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, 2011
The Media and Sport Section invites submissions for its program for
the IAMCR conference in held in Istanbul, Turkey 2011 from July 13-17.
http://iamcr2011istanbul.com/
All papers, from the full range of perspectives on the study of Media
and Sport will be considered. Particularly welcome are contributions
which bridge between the study of mediated sport and the conference‟s
theme "Cities, Creativity, Connectivity". Abstracts of 300-500 words,
followed by the title, name, institutional address and email address
of the author or authors (with no biographical notes or references)
should be sent through the conference website by February 8, 2011.
An indication of intention of submission would be very much
appreciated (directly to the section head). Please note that the
approvals/rejections will be announced by March 25, 2011. Full papers
must be submitted online via the IAMCR-OCS by June 3, 2011.
IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However,
it is requested that abstracts be submitted in English.
Section Head:
Dr. Alina Bernstein
(home address)
4 , Kahanshtam (flat 9)
Tel Aviv, 62193
Israel
Tel/Fax: + 972 3 5449202
E-mail: [email protected]
9. The Working Group on Digital Divide of the International
Association for Media and Communication Research
invites submissions for the IAMCR Conference that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from
July 13 to 17, 2011. The general theme of the conference is /'Cities, Creativity,
Connectivity./'
The WG on DD welcomes papers and panels related to the conference theme, including such
topics as:
* cities/urban centers as forums of digital creativity,
* digital divides in cities, and between cities and provinces
*creative digital cities in the local and regional contexts,
policies, to stimulate digital creativity on the role of media
literacy,
* cities as hubs of digital media,
* divides between digital and non-digital media, divides between
audiences as reflection of social inequality and technological
illiteracy,
* media divides as divides between cities and other territories,
* digital divide as an effects of disconnected societies,
* digital journalism and problems of disconnections in mass
communication.
Other paper and panel proposals pertaining to the section mission are also welcome. The
section is open to all theoretical and methodological approaches.
*Deadlines and Submission Details*
The deadline for submission of abstracts is *February 8, 2011.*
*Please note that this deadline will not be extended*.
Submission of abstracts and full papers is to be done online through IAMCR's Open
Conference System <http://iamcr-ocs.org/>(OCS)
The results of peer reviews of submitted abstracts will be announced by Section and Working
Group Heads by March 25, 2011. *Full papers must be submitted online via the IAMCR-OCS
<http://iamcr-ocs.org/> by June 3, 2011.*
For further information, please visit the IAMCR Istanbul 2011 *conference website*
<http://iamcr2011istanbul.com/>at http://iamcr2011istanbul.com/
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10. Gender and Communication & Political Economy
Joint session on Patriarchy, Capitalism and Media
The IAMCR Sections of Gender and Communication & Political Economy wish to
continue exploring connections between gender and the media and to push
forward the scientific boundaries of these relations. We therefore invite
papers for a joint session on „Patriarchy, Capitalism and Media‟ looking
for contributions that might illuminate how patriarchy and capitalism, in
connection with media industries, serve as an impediment to the advancement
of women. Central concepts for this session would include gender, capital
and class. These critical conceptual spheres would be articulated with the
highly complex processes of media production, consumption and
representation.
Those who would like to submit a proposal for this joint session, please
contact either of the following session coordinators:
For the Political Economy Section
Chair: Helena Sousa ([email protected])
University of Minho, Portugal
For the Gender and Communication
Co-Chair: Aimée Vega Montiel ([email protected])
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
11. Participatory Communication Research Section & Political
Economy Section
Joint Session on 'The Political Economy of Participatory Communications'
The IAMCR Participatory Communication Research Section & the Political
Economy Section are working together on the preparation of a joint session
about the 'The Political Economy of Participatory Communications.'
As 'participation' becomes increasingly adopted by bilateral, multilateral
and other institutional actors, there is a need to explore 'who' are
involved in setting national and global agendas related to development and
aid, 'how' participation is operationalised in such agendas, and the
consequences of such institutionalizations. One can argue that dominant
models offer one-size-fits-all solutions when in reality what is needed are
context-specific approaches.
Convinced that this is a much needed debate, the Sections are looking
forward for thought-provoking proposals. If you would like to do address
this topic, please contact the coordinating teams of the Participatory
Communication Research Section or Political Economy Section.
Participatory Communication Research Section
Chair, Pradip Thomas, [email protected]
Vice-Chair, Florencia Enghel, [email protected]
Vice-Chair, Satarupa Dasgupta, [email protected]
Political Economy Section
Chair: Helena Sousa, [email protected]
Vice-Chair: Rodrigo Gómez, [email protected]
Vice-Chair: Janet Wasko, [email protected]
